cleaned up and
pressed just
stiff
enough to fall
asleep
while standing
upright,
no rest for test
subject
that sees own
thoughts as
suspect.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
painting at – https://fineartamerica.com/art/paintings/sleepless
the pit i can’t find
inside’s filled to
the ribs
with roller coaster
riders, all mid-
scream..
hands rippling
like white
flags
trying..
to wave me down
a throat dove, i
want off
this..
herky jerk me
ride now,
i see no clear path
to ground..
and i’ve had my
fill of flying
now.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
..only my problem now.
it’s hard to think
a way outside
the bubble
you’ve
spent your whole
life blowing,
all that chewing,
years grinding
sour cherry
rubber
between the
molars,
breath ballooning
fears outward
until met
with
a sticky
pop.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
always sometimes
only lasts
a day,
sometimes it’s gone
in less than a
minute,
other days it gets
stretched into
a whole
year,
and at times i
worry i’ll always
wonder if my
worries
will
disappear.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/256634878737797008/
it’s nice when truth
is also kind..
of nice to
hear,
but truth has its
way of burrowing
deep within
the ear
where it nestles in
to buzz-pop and
crackle snap,
until..
mind’s lost
to attack.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – https://www.reddit.com/r/infp/comments/6hysk8/i_felt_a_panic_attack_coming_on_and_then_i/
i put my dear
worry to
bed,
tucked him in
up past the
eyelids,
then lovingly
pressed
a pillow over
his face,
as he
bucks
and battles
to ration his
breaths..
just in case
this is
it..
my poor old
worry’s
death.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
adapted from image at – https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/antique-illustration-man-sitting-on-edge-of-bed-looking-down-and-thinking-gm1156831577-315440831
i watch rain
race from sky
only to
hit
same concrete
wall as i,
as psyche
splits..
into fragments of dead
dreams i tumble
from throne
on high,
to wake a blink
before fatal
impact of
the hit.
..into new dream, raining from same dark sky.
Hazy Dreamer
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorman/?hl=
image at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/523121312967641076/?nic_v2=1a773gUus
scrub at skin ’til
it’s shreds,
slip a yawn
at strike
of
midnight,
your nightengale
plumes cut
quite the
shadows in luna’s
jealous, bitter
light, so..
++++
..sharp it
takes bites.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorman/?hl=
..and sharks circle feet all night.
image from – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09J0OgQYof4
gif at – https://aminoapps.com/c/voice-acting/page/user/quick/kw7W_Dbbc4fgpjKVG7LMvmG58pDgqGYZeJLHQ
concerns rest calmer
in light of moon
seems she casts quite
the seductive
somber
too,
that pale hue that
paints the heart of
any room,
crisp page feels cool to
spite lampshade’s
tempered
rage.
and i’d have held
her hand were it
not for sweat
and fright
from..
the inside
cage.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorman/?hl=
image at – https://www.123rf.com/stock-photo/cage.html?sti=mp0ur8sef053we4vl6|
nutmeg nibbling
at nervous
nose,
spicy soft with a
mellow waft
of steam,
itchy cheeks,
sweaty creaks
sunk in
seat,
10 slow ticks past
confirmed time
of meet,
++++
ohh..
right shop
wrong street.
Bloodshot Faceman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/grumpygorman/?hl=
image at: https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/84864774200877897/
..guess i fell asleep.
..guess this coffee’s weak.
*a reworked version of former poem…some call that writer’s block. 😉
